RURAL WOMEN EMPOWERED WITH BEEHIVES. In 2014, the Children’s Mission of Sweden approved and disbursed $10,000.00 through the Navigators Nigeria for a beehive empowerment scheme among rural, poor and oral women in Nigeria. The project was implemented among the poor, the rural and oral people in Nigeria. From the grant, 204 hives were constructed and given free of charge to women in Adetsav and Hege villages. No preconditions were required. In these communities most women have no trade and hence no sources of income; they help their husbands with farm work but have no part in the ownership of the crops. The women completely depend on their husbands for handouts to meet even the basic personal feminine needs. It is understood that lack of funds and entrepreneurship skills were the greatest hindrances to the women. Sarah with her beehive To solve this problem, we empowered the women with the beehives and organised them into savings groups where they pool their meager re